Method and system for providing supervisory control over wireless phone data usage

a wireless phone and data usage technology, applied in the field of wireless communication systems, can solve the problems of insufficient supervision of wireless phone usage by others, inordinate spending of wireless phones, and distraction, and achieve the effect of revealing the exercise of supervisory control over wireless data usag
US20050282559A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-12-22BOSTON COMM GROUP
65 Cites 222 Cited by

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
BOSTON COMM GROUP
Publication Date
2005-12-22
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

Smart Images

  • Figure 1
    Figure 1
  • Figure 2
    Figure 2
  • Figure 3
    Figure 3
Patent Text Reader

Abstract

A system for controlling wireless phone usage enables a supervisor to establish user profiles for supervised users of wireless phones across a range of parameters, which are stored in a user profile database. Such parameters can include one or more locations, at which use of the wireless phone is restricted or permitted. In addition, restrictions on phone use, such as cumulative usage time, number of messages or number of bytes, can be provided based upon total phone usage within a specified control period, time periods, dates or days of the week during which phone use is restricted or permitted. One or more lists including numbers or other identifiers that are always-accessible can be provided, and one or more lists including numbers or other identifiers that are never-accessible can also be provided. In the event a call, message or browse does not satisfy predefined criteria, the communication attempt is blocked. Predetermined messages can be played or displayed to the called or calling party, as applicable, when a communication attempt is blocked. Boolean combinations of restrictions and permissive use criteria for the wireless phone can be specified to provide for flexibility when establishing use criteria for the wireless phone.
Need to check novelty before this filing date? Find Prior Art

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent app. Ser. No. 10 / 784,611, titled “Method and System for Exercising Supervisory Control Over Wireless Phone Usage,” filed Feb. 23, 2004, which claims priority of U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60 / 449,907, titled “Method and System for Exercising Supervisory Control Over Wireless Phone Usage,” filed Feb. 25, 2003; and this application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60 / 579,854, titled “Method and System for Exercising Supervisory Control Over Wireless Phone Usage,” filed Jun. 15, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention generally relates to wireless communication systems and more specifically to a method and system for providing supervisory control over wireless phone data usage.

[0003] Wireless phones are widely used in this country. Wireless phone service providers typically allow a wireless phone subscriber to place calls send and receive t...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More